Proverbs 3:15

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For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.	She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.	Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

She is more precious^H3368 than rubies^H6443: and all the things thou canst desire^H2656 are not to be compared^H7737 unto her.

Original Hebrew

יְקָרָה הִיא [מִפְּנִיִּים כ] (מִפְּנִינִים ק) וְכָל־חֲפָצֶיךָ לֹא יִשְׁווּ־בָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יְקָ֣רָה	ye.Ka.rah	H3368	HAafsa	(is) precious
הִ֭יא	hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	she
[מ/פניים כ] (מִ/פְּנִינִ֑ים ק)	[pânîyn כ] (mi./pe.ni.yim ק)	H6443 כ	[HR/Ncbpa כ] (HR/Ncmpa ק)	(more than/ jewels ק)
וְ/כָל	ve./khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ all
חֲ֝פָצֶ֗י/ךָ	cha.fa.Tzei./kha	H2656	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	pleasures/ your
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יִֽשְׁווּ	yish.vu-	H7737	HVqi3mp	they compare
בָֽ/הּ	Va/h		HR/Sp3fs	with/ her

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H2656 — חֵפֶץ (chêphets, khay'-fets): from חָפֵץ (châphêts) H2654; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind); acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
H3368 — יָקָר (yâqâr, yaw-kawr'): from יָקַר (yâqar) H3365; valuable (objectively or subjectively); brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
H6443 — פָּנִין (pânîyn, paw-neen'): or פָּנִי (pânîy); from the same as פֵּן (pên) H6434; probably a pearl (as round); ruby.
H7737 — שָׁוָה (shâvâh, shaw-vaw'): a primitive root; properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.); avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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